Word: rational
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Veterans of the bidding system offered various strategies for how students should ration their points to get the best out of the process. Some people bid all their points on one firm to get the interview they want, while others distribute points evenly across the board...
...should be happy with twice the ration of tissues. But because I can't figure out how to take the roll out of the holder, I am conviced that Harvard's toilet paper exploits are an attempt to instill anal retentiveness in its students...
Embattled Iran is staggering from the effects of both cheap oil and the stalemated war with Iraq. Tehran has scaled back imports for heavy industry, triggering a sharp recession and boosting unemployment. While staple foods are inexpensive under the government ration system, they are exorbitant on the black market, to which most Iranians are driven by the skimpy official allotments. War spending remains the top priority of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's spiritual leader. Since few countries will openly sell it military equipment, Tehran must use its shrinking energy income to buy weapons on the inflated international black market...
...buyers, however, do not exactly ration their funds. In a wild auction at the Chicago office of Christie's in 1981, one exuberant connoisseur paid $13,000 for a jeroboam (equal to six bottles) of Petrus 1961. Such princely prices have prompted Aaron of Sherry-Lehmann to call Petrus "the Rolls-Royce of all wines." Unfortunately, it is not possible to open a bottle just for a test drive...
...quantities are produced. While the renowned Chateau Lafite has 225 acres that annually yield about 240,000 bottles, Chateau Petrus has just 30 acres that produce a scant 42,000 bottles. Says John Laird, a vice president for Seagram Chateau & Estate Wines, the largest U.S. distributor of Petrus: "We ration it out with an eyedropper...